Improvement in combined shirt and collar



To allI whom itmulg; concern IBe it known that I, J AMEsA.

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AssIGNoIt, ron onE-I RIGHT, TO WILLIAM S. TEEL, OF SAMEPLACE.

Leners Patent No. 103,195, dated May 17, 1870."

` IMPRVEMBNT IN COMBINED SHIRT AND coLLAR.

V I The Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thev same i JOES, of Wash# ington city, Vin the 'county ofVashington andl District of Columbia., have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Shirt' and Collar;

` and I doherebyu'decllare that the Vfollowing is Ia full and exact description thereof, reference being had to I the accompanyingdrawings ina-king a partot this application.

I The object `of myI invention. is to provide a. shirt with the collar attached, which shall titt-he neck as closely and accuratelyas a. detached collar, and

. which will, at the same time, prevent the bulging of the center` plaitnear the neck; and

My invention consists in, the-peculiar cut and aty tachmcnt oftthe neck-band `and fastening-lmtton, as 1 will be hereinafter more fully set forth. I I Itlhas always `been deemed desirable, in point of economy, Ste., to haveshirts made-with attachedcllars, but every-effortto plea-se the public prior to my y invention has failed tor the reason that the collar, if

not at rst, would, in a very short time after donning a shirt, flop or dragdow'n. at the front.. Very many I ,attempts have `been made t'o overcome this ditiienlty,

bntnonehave ever yet proved successful that I' am aware of. v I I 'lo ena-ble Ithose skilled te understand and use my invention, I will proceed toI describe thc same, referring,by` lette-rs; to the accompanying drawings, in \vhich'-.- f

Figure 1 isa back view of a shirt embodying my invention. I

Figure 2 .is afront view, with Vtheisteningflnitton. Figure 3 is a detail front view, showing my shirt -with thecollar in a standingIposit-ion, and creased down at c as though' an iron had been passed overI the bosom and `collar in a direct line., thus pressing bot-h down in the same plane,'and

Figure 4 is a similar view offan ordinary shirt, not

emln'acing Vthe features of my invention, and subjected to the same treatment.

Similarletters ii lcate like parts in the different views. I I

IA represents the` two front pla-its of the bosom,

4which project slightly beyond thelband at a a.'

lIS is `the collar, of4 any desired shape or fashion, vwhich is stitched in asti-aight line-to the neck-band C.

D represents thebaek ofthe shirt, and

hechar-button.

The neck-baud C, instead of `being sewed in a straight .line to the shirt,' i`s curved to takeup the slope, and runs out from back to front; It will thus I beseen that, whentheshirt is put upon the wearer,

the bottom of the neck-bandis made to fit the curvature of the neck, and the collar folds-over and accommodates itself to the neck without any wrinkle or packer.`

I. By reference to fien, it will be seen that the curvature at the vbottom-'ot' the band is such that, if an desire the collar to be a say half-an inch, then the neck-band 1s made one inch iron be passed over the bosom and collar in a direct line, creasing down the latter at a, the collar, band, and bosom will all lie in the same plane,-or, in other words, the collar and band seem/to be a continuation of the bosom, while, by reference 'to tight, which, as

I have said, is a similar view of an ordinary shirt suhjected to the same treatment, it will be seen that it is impossible to produce the stime result, as the creasing of the'collar at a' will force it to pucker or ilute at b, and, if attcned at b it will uibat a', and this difference in effect is the result of the peculiar cut of the bami, as herein set forth.

The height of the collar is regulated entirely by I the depth of the band. For instance, it' the band is one inch high at the. back, and run out to a point in A front, and h'ts the neck 0f -the wearer, and he should littlehighe1" in the neck,

and a halt' deep at the back and halt' an inch deep in front, the same curvature at the bottom edge lbeing observed. I e

'l he collar ortop button and hole (or button-holes,A

where a detachable button is .used,) are z trranged in the center of thetwo front pla-its, so that it lwill be` obscrvedthat the points of the collar overlap and hold together the said plaits at a point where, of all 0th- I ers, they are most apt to tinte or stand apart, and the ends of the collar, where they are attached to the band, come directly together and will not drag down.

I have found by practical experience (having been a shirt-cutter and fitter for very many years) that I Y am' enabled, by.;.the peculiar cnt and attachment ot the neck-band, to provide a shirt with collar attached, no matter' whether the collar be high 0r low in the` neck, which will be, in every respect, as perfect as those having a simple neck-band, and provided with but-'tons for detached collars.

'lhe only objection ever urged bythe Itrade to the to which my invention pertains, has been the utter failure toobtain such a shirt and have a' perfectly-tittingr collar,

The neck-band isshown in the drawing eviending only to about the centre of the middle plaits, but, of coursc,it may be continued to the extreme edge of` plait. v

Having described the construction and advantagesl of my improved shirt and collar combined,

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A. shirt having an attached collar, provided with a neck-band, cut substantially in the manner `and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day of April, 187th JAS. A. J ONES. [L. s.)

Witnesses:

WM. C. MGINTIRE, WM. SI. Tenn 

